Waiata 81
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Kititi. Na Ahapa. Kia kaha te waiata ki te Atua, ki to tatou kaha: kia hari te hamama ki te Atua o Hakopa.
To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." Asaph’s. Shout ye for joy, unto God our strength, Sound the note of triumph, to the God of Jacob;
2 Whakahuatia te himene, maua mai ki konei te timipera, te hapa reka me te hatere.
Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:
3 Whakatangihia te tetere i te kowhititanga marama, i te kinga o te marama, i to tatou ra hakari.
Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival:
4 Ko te tikanga hoki tenei ma Iharaira, he mea whakarite na te Atua o Hakopa.
For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob;
5 I whakatakotoria tenei e ia ma Hohepa hei whakaaturanga, i tona haerenga puta noa i te whenua o Ihipa: i rongo ai ahau ki reira i tetahi reo, kahore ahau i matau.
A testimony in Joseph, he appointed it, When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not, used I to hear;
6 I tangohia mai e ahau tona pokohiwi i te pikaunga: whakarerea ake e ona ringa te kete.
I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.
7 I karanga koe ki ahau i te pouritanga, a kua ora koe i ahau; i whakahoki kupu ahau ki a koe i te wahi ngaro o te whatitiri; i whakamatau i a koe ki nga wai o Meripa. (Hera)
In distress, thou didst cry, and I delivered thee, —I answered thee, within a hiding-place of thunder, I proved thee by the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
8 Whakarongo, e taku iwi, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe: e Iharaira, ki te whakarongo koe ki ahau;
Hear, O my people, and I will adjure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me!
9 Aua tetahi atua ke i roto i a koe; kaua ano e koropiko ki te atua ke.
There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD, —Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD:
10 Ko Ihowa ahau, ko tou Atua, i arahina mai ai koe i te whenua o Ihipa: kia nui te kowhera o tou mangai, a maku e whakaki.
I, Yahweh, am thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, —Open wide thy mouth, that I may fill it.
11 Otiia kihai taku iwi i pai ki te whakarongo ki toku reo: kihai ano a Iharaira i aro ki ahau.
But my people, hearkened not, unto my voice, Even, Israel, inclined not unto me.
12 Na tukua atu ana ratou e ahau ki te maro o o ratou ngakau: a haere ana ratou i runga i o ratou whakaaro.
So then I let them go on in the stubbornness of their own heart, They might walk in their own counsels!
13 Aue, te whakarongo taku iwi ki ahau! Te haere a Iharaira i aku ara!
If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If, ] Israel, in my ways, would walk,
14 Penei e kore e aha kua whati i ahau te tara o o ratou hoariri: kua tahuri ano toku ringa ki o ratou hoariri.
Right soon, their foes, would I subdue, And, against their adversaries, would I turn my hand:
15 Ko te hunga e kino ana ki a Ihowa kua ngohengohe ki a ia: ko to ratou taima ia kua mau tonu.
The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!
16 Kua whangainga hoki ratou e ia ki te witi pai rawa, kua whakamakonatia ano koe e ahau ki te honi i roto i te kohatu.
Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea, out of the rock—with honey, would I satisfy thee.
